Dez Dickerson is a music business professional with over 49 years experience in all facets of the music entertainment industry, including record company Founder/President/CEO, marketing company Founder/President/CEO, distribution company Founder and President, artist manager, A&R executive, music publisher, artist, performer, songwriter, and record producer. His rich and extensive experience includes 5 years as the original guitarist with Warner Bros. recording act Prince and The Revolution
In the late eighties, Mr. Dickerson made the transition to the business side of the music entertainment industry. Since that time, his professional history includes 5 years as VP/A&R with StarSong Communications (now part of EMI), founder/CEO of Absolute Records, founder of Pavilion Music Distribution, Pavilion Entertainment, Pavilion Synergies, Pavilion Press, and Pavilion Pictures. He is an alumnus of Leadership Music, and has served on the Board of Governors with the Nashville chapter of NARAS.
Mr. Dickerson currently serves as President/CEO of The Pavilion Group, comprised of Pavilion Entertainment, Pavilion Synergies (a strategic social marketing agency), and Pavilion Pictures. He released an autobiography entitled “My Time With Prince”, in which he chronicles his involvement in the meteoric rise of the pop icon, and is currently writing the follow up, entitled “Parties Weren’t Meant To Last”.
